life history

noun

, Biology.

1. the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
2. life cycle ( def 1 ).

life history

noun

1. the series of changes undergone by an organism between fertilization of the egg and death
2. the series of events that make up a person's life

Word History and Origins

Origin of life history¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

The oldest DNA ever recovered from an animal is adding new chapters to mammoth life history, going back more than 1 million years.

From Science News

Now, it turns out, a part of the animal’s genetic instruction book is as weird as its life history — and may help explain its ability to withstand extreme temperatures.

From Science News

Likewise, the original Yoda lived to be 900 years old, suggesting a very, very slow life history for their species.

From Nautilus

And every other species—and there are millions of them—also carry vestiges of its life history.

From The Daily Beast

When she was 13, Miscavige Hill says she required to fill out a life history form.

From The Daily Beast

Tom Sykes on the shocking real-life history of Highclere Castle, the setting for the smash-hit British TV drama.

From The Daily Beast

We need hardly say that the conversation was animated, and that it bore largely on the life-history of the absent Susy.

From Project Gutenberg

Work tickets were bought and given to men and women whose life history they knew, men and women they had known for years.

From Project Gutenberg

In a many-celled animal the life history begins with a single cell, the fertilized egg.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes a complicated life history has arisen from their parasitic habits.

From Project Gutenberg

Such is seen in the life history of the liver fluke, a flatworm which kills sheep, and in the tapeworm.

From Project Gutenberg